Comments

Comment by Guy19

And then I jizzed in my pants! This is the kind of bad-ass thing I've been looking for in MoP to make Hunter more competitive. :D

Comment by Loutzi

I really don't like this talent. It's so good there's basically no choice in that tier for PVE players. Why would any PVE player choose anything else? It's all about choice claimes blizz... Except for this tier...

Comment by Sarutankah

So have done some testing and it applies only to Hunter, making it weak for soloing (You aren't supposed to be taking damage remember >.>) and the 2% heal from spirit bond is just better over time.

Would be great if it applied to pets...

Comment by nathasil

When comparing the Tier 3 talents please dont skip over the Glyph of Sprit Bond. There is nothing similar for Ironhawk. The Glyph adds a passive +10% Healing received for both the Hunter and the Pet from all sources. Not the Spirit Bond Talent, but all sources. That said: If you do in fact survive the hit without the 15% reduction of Ironhawk, the +10% healing received alone is almost as good as Ironhawk on its own. The healing of the talent itself is then just a Bonus and it will exceed the damage prevented by Ironhawk in the vast majority of encounters by far.

So, in my opinion, there really is a choice in this tier. Glyphed Spirit Bond is the clear winner for soloing and general PvE (including raids) and PvP. Ironhawk wins in fights where the added mitigation is actually needed (heroic Ultraxion without the DPS-loss of Deterrence comes to mind) to survive reliably. And Exhilaration is the best choice whenever you have no Healer available in very short fights (e.g. duels).

If you cannot spare the Glyph slot for Spirit Bond, though, Ironhawk will indeed be superior for raiding. However, since most Major Glyphs are PvP/trashmob-CC oriented i do not consider that a problem while raiding.

Comment by Neurolanis

Very cool looking mount! Like of like a cross between a hawk and a dragon, sort of. Kind of reminds me of the 'terror dogs' from Ghostbusters, minus the horns of course.

Comment by Paulostore

Why this over 2% hp evry 2s for you AND ur pet 2% max hp / 2 sec.Cause unlike in PvP u are not the usual target. usualy is a tanker ou u MD ur pet.I just soled the achive Moon Guard with a pet in tanker spec the survivality is realy a point when i feing to let all adds go to my pet.

Comment by Cambra

Do you think this is a game?

Comment by Spiattalo

As of 11/28 hotfixes this now grants 15% RAP instead of 10%.

Comment by Nicodiemus

This talent upon doing some tests has shown only to effect myself and not my pet. As such I find this to be not nearly as good as Spirit Bond which effects both the hunter and the pet. I say this in instance of leveling, soloing rare spawns, and in 5 man dungeons where both pet and hunter take damage to aoe's and other mechanics. I have not fully tested Ironhawk in raid environment but I can not imagine it to be superior to Spirit Bond there either since usually healers get kind of hard pressed to heal a dps much less their pet.

(Replace the 100,000 with your health.) if you are being hit for more then the number above, Aspect of the iron hawk should displace more damage then Spirit bond.

If you are being hit for less than the number, Spirit bond can be more useful.

If this helped even one person, :') Epic.

Edit: Skills changed, Calculations changed to suit. .. (Before patch 5.4, I worked out 13,350 to be the number to beat. This has been improved upon significantly and makes Spirit Bond more appealing)

Comment by BMHunterMain

Confirmed changes coming in 5.4 include a nerf to the damage reduction of Iron Hawk (RAP increase of 25% will remain, and is the same damage buff you get from the normal, unbuffed Aspect of the Hawk for those who take Spirit Bond or Exhilaration instead). Damage reduction will be dropping from 15% to 10%. Shadow Priests and Boomkins are also taking similar nerfs to their passive damage reduction abilities/talents.

Spirit Bond is getting buffed to heal 150% more per tick (on average).